CHARTER OAK WINS CHAMPIONSHIP!

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The Chargers win the pennant! The Chargers win the pennant!

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11:02: Predictably, I got lost. Even a call from Big Reg (Time Warner Cable Television) couldn't help me find my way back without getting a tour of L.A. that I didn't want.

Bot 7th: Garkow gets Santa Monica 1-2-3. CHARTER OAK WINS THE CIF-SS DIVISION IV CHAMPIONSHIP, 7-1.

Top 7th: CO puts up nothing, but does it matter? CO leads 7-1.

Bot 6th: Garkow has been nails. Santa Monica can't get to him consistently. CO survives another inning. THREE MORE OUTS AND THE TITLE IS THEIR'S. CO leads 7-1.

Top 6th: Add two more runs to CO's tally. McVey and Nyeholt have absolutely brutalized Santa Monica. This game might be out of reach now. CO leads 7-1.

Bot 5th: No problema - Santa Monica goes 1-2-3. Chargers six outs away!!! CO leads 5-1.

Top 5th: 1-2-3 go the Chargers. CO leads 5-1.

Bot 4th: Huge! Santa Monica loaded the bases with two outs, but Garkow got a groundout to escape. Nine more outs and we got ourselves a CHAMPION! CO leads 5-1.

Top 4th: Nick Torres singled in Nyeholt and McVey for a 5-1 lead. Torres got in a run down between 1st and 2nd and somehow made it back to 1st before the throw. Things are going CO's way. They can put this game away with another big inning. CO leads 5-1.

Bot 3rd: Gorgeous double play turned by JC Torres and Matt Winkler. No damage. CO leads 3-1.

Top 3rd: CO threatened, but nada. CO leads 3-1.

Bot 2nd: Garkow has settled in. He gave up only a two out single. No damage done. CO leads 3-1.

Top 2nd: Danny Tiffany singled in Cameron McVey, who singled and went to 2nd on a balk with two outs. Nyeholt followed with an infield hit to score Tiffany. The Chargers scored twice with two outs. CO leads 3-1.

4:52: Garkow may have settled down. He battled back to K the next two hitters. Not out of the woods, though. OK, flyout to end the inning. 1-1. I think I'm going to start breaking this down by inning and not time.

4:49: B-A-D! Routine pop up to left and two CO outfielders go for it. It goes off the CF's glove. Santa Monica ties it and has 1st and 2nd with nobody out. 1-1.

4:47: No bueno. Santa Monica has runners on 1st and 3rd, nobody out. Garkow is a little shaky. Big game jitters, perhaps.

4:40: It's begun. Keith Nyeholt started the game with a lead-off walk. Man, what has Nyeholt's return from injury meant for CO? People forget, but Nyeholt was All-Area last year. Fans are having a tough time judging fly balls. But that happens in the major league stadiums. Nyeholt just stole second and went to third when the ball went into center. BOOM! Ryan Snow just drilled a single to right. 1-0 Chargers! Nice start.

4:17: Introductions. The Santa Monica crowd is booing CO. The CO fans didn't boo Santa Monica back. Interesting. Damn it, this game should be CO vs. Northview.

4:11: I wonder if Bishop Amat girls hoops coach Richard Wiard is going to sit in his season seats? His wife Kathie is the principal at CO, so I expect they'll be here. Not telling you where Coach Wiard's seats are, but I doubt he'll be in them tonight.

4:06: The Chargers are taking infield right now. They're the road team. You gotta know the boys are feeling it right now. What an experience. Tyler Garkow is warming in the visitor bullpen. And look at that, the Cal State Fullerton game is on the TV in the press box and former Glendora star Wes Roemer is on the mound.

3:30 p.m.: I'm in but not without trouble. Most of the parking gates were closed, but I found one. I'll be working the game with fellow staffer Steve Ramirez, who told me I couldn't get into the stadium yet. But I did by showing my press pass and telling the guard who I am. Then, I entered thru an open gate, bypassing the media will call booth. Uh-oh. Unreal when you think about it. I smell hot dogs and Charter Oak is stretching right now. Not many fans here yet. This place gets me pumped.

64 Comments

autotlybeethy said:

complex put
I give birth to an Iron Horse) This wish be my second dive to Sturgis, we determination be leaving on July 28th and staying by virtue of the 8th.

BigTex said:

When does all valley come out?

BigTex said:

When does all valley baseball come out?

charter oak student (SOFTBALL PLAYER) said:

I WANT TO SAY CONGRATS TO THE BASEBALL TEAM!! YOU GUYS DID AWESOME THIS SEASON!!! I'M SO PROUD OF YOU. EVEN THOUGH I'M STILL KIND OF BITTER WE LOST IN THE SEMI'S....I'M PROUD OF ALL YOU BOYS..AND YOU GUYS BETTER HANDLE NEXT YEAR ALSO : ]

kquenga said:

Did anyone read the article on Charter Oak Baseball in the LA Times? Very nice article called "Charter Oak Wins One For Fallen Friends."

You can still read it. Go to LATimes.com/prep. It was on Saturday, June 2.

Aram, I wish you would have written this first. It would have been nice to have our local paper with the scoop about our local CO baseball team.

Congrats again CO Chargers. You deserve it!

Cop/Coach said:

Agendas...

We all have them.

My primary agenda here is to prop up and support kids that I know or have coached whose names appear in the Tribune.

There is nothing negative about that.

The fact that some unknown (jealous?)individual has to come out from under a rock and chastise me is very funny. What's his (her?) agenda? Did I pass over your son in a Little League draft or not pick him up on my basketball travel team? If you are going to insult my profession at least make it funny and use doughnuts or traffic ticket quotas or some other cliche.

Yes, I've coached alot of kids in football basketball and baseball over the past 12 years. "My kids" are at many schools other than Charter Oak, Glendora and Damien. Some are playing for Azusa, Gladstone, San Dimas, Bonita, Chino Hills, Ayala, Claremont, Western Christian and La Verne Lutheran. I even have one at Serrano.

If they make the paper, you can bet I'll be here to tell the world about it!

I can't let the comments from Anonymous go unappreciated. It's comments like yours that make all the sacrifices worth it. Thank you and tell your son that I will always be there to support him.

Anonymous said:

Hey Me/Mine your an idiot, I can say as a parent who has had Cop/Coach coach my son for many seasons he is the best coach my son ever had. Cop/Coach would come to a game and watch my son, I would see the smile on my son's face. Cop/Coach was always there for the kids and made them all feel important. Why get all over the guy he's just happy to his ex-players win CIF. I can tell you he did contribute to helping my son get where he is now.

Me/Mine said:

Cop Coach....done breaking your arm congratulating yourself yet...AGAIN!!!!

Lets' see that's Glendora "my kids" , Charter Oak "my kids", Damien "my kids" ...yup you're a cop alright. Traffic ticket pickup artist. Wow did you coach ANY of the Bishop Amat girls? How about the Indianpolis Colts? Cleveland Cavaliers? Mighty Ducks? or Florida? Pick the sport? Doesn't matter. You coach baseball, football and basketball. wow

EGOMANIAC! smell never played the game!

instead of Cop/coach you should be Me/Mine. Yup I like that better.

Cop/Coach said:

When I picked up the L.A. paper saturday morning at the Red Rocks Casino and saw that Charter Oak had won, I screamed "YES!!!!!!" at the top of my lungs.

Congrats to the Charter Oak coaches and players, especially to "my guys" Tyler Garkow and Ryan Snow.

I smell a repeat next season!

kquenga said:

I just want to say congratulations to Charter Oak, their players & coaches. You truely played as a TEAM. CO outscored their playoff opponets 52-10. That is dominating.

I have watched a lot of SGV teams this year and CO was the best when it counted all year long. CO won their league title again (I think that is 11 out of 13 years now). And to think they won CIF with only 1 player making tonights All-Star game at Mt.Sac.

Again, congrats Coach Quinley on having the best "TEAM". You & your staff deserve Coach of the Year!

NVfan said:

Naah i am changing my name to "the straw that stirs the drink"

Help said:

Wow

Cant wait to see the NV fan speak when football starts?

Dr. House said:

Look at the sentence below by NV Fan:

"I think is cheap and classless when some of you indirectly rip your third baseman, without him you would have never been playing SM"

Haven't you notice that when he refers to Northview he never says "we"? He says "you".

My conclusion is that he is not really from Northview, he's putting one on us.

NV Fan I think you are funny as hell. You should actually be SGVbaseball Fan.

AM I right???????

NVfan said:

Just to clarify because i my message is coming out the wrong way, I dont have a problem with Murphy he did more then a great job with a young team. As a matter of fact he had the guts to put the best players on the field regardless of their age. He is comitted to his program more then most coaches, i just may have a philosophical baseball difference on some minor issues of style. In baseball there are diffent ways of winning it does not mean a coach is better then the other. The game against SM was no one's fault in particular you can question a lot of thigs but at the end of the day the ball will bounce where it wants to bounce. Luck

NVfan said:

I think is cheap and classless when some of you indirectly rip your third baseman, without him you would have never been playing SM

NVfan said:

Why are people so afraid of a little criticism, specially if there is truth to it. Deal with it like a man and try to learn a little so you can be better. You should always keep keep getting better at your craft rather then whine like a girl.
Look at the whole picture, and lets compare CO vs SM, in many ways this was a very similar game. They bunted twice, tried 3 times overall (appropiate), rest of the times they allowed the players to play the game and hit a pitcher that was not dominant (key) If they would have bunted as much as NV they would have scored 3 to 4 instead of 7.

rgd2626 said:

i am a los altos fan, we beat co twice this year, are we better than them, for 1 week this year we were, for the season the best team won, please give them credit, were not crying because they won it all and we beat them twice, they deservred it, yes its hard to watch and here them win it all but i never root against themm u have to be lucky getr breaks and most of all be a very good team, and they proved they were the best around this year, congrats co you guys earned it,
and p.s. hope everyone does this too, when i scroll up and seethat nvfan has written a comment i dont even readt it, congrates co.
los altos fan and supporter

It's time said:

Aram,
You remove pictures or inappropriate comments made about the girl pole vaulter, but you leave NVFAN comments on ? What gives? As a long time NV Real Fan, this season was one of our best ever, but this poster NVFAN is ruining it for us. Our parents can't stand him. In a time of pride and joy, we're here on YOUR blog defending our boys and the coaches when there is nothing to defend. If my boy was still playing in high school, I would've been proud of him to be a part of this team of great kids and would've been honored if he played for Coach Murphy and his staff. This team was the most surprising and exciting team (my opinion) in the sgv and this coaching staff did more and got more out of this team than any other coach. It's a no brainer to me who is coach of the year in the sgv. Do us all a favor and hit the delete button next to his name.

RUHIGH said:

NV FAN,
Will you ever reveal yourself? After that as if it would ever happen, I would know if you ever watched the team play this year and saw that they played that kind of offense all year. Could you not see that Santa Monica could not defend the bunt? (one was thrown away and another was a hit) "Max Mercy" didn't say the defense was terrible. He was factual, they didn't make two plays in the seventh. That separates them from being in LA last night. Plain and simple. I'm not sure why I waste my time here with your classless and useless analogy of the game, but it's tired and not funny. We lost. All of us that care about this team and coaches lost something that day. Be respectful if you care about Northview at all and let us all remember the remarkable season they had.

NVPLAYA said:

Soto is cool dude on our team this year NV Spectator but he was not one of our best pitchers. Were all f***** pissed about not winning but it was a loss for all of us. You can ask the other guys on team, not just me and they'll tell you the best guys pitched for us. Rodgriguez and Andrade were the best pitchers on our team, look at what they did. 2007 Vikings-I love you guys. Peace Out.

NVfan said:

I just love all my fans who are so angry, the truth is that not once have i ripped any of the players from NV from losing this game, hell you have a guy "Max Mercy" ripping the defense on the 7th innining.
The tuesday lost was really not one individual's fault, i do rip Murphy a little because he felt in love with the bunt way too much and in essense allowed the other team to stay close. So vikingpride you sound like a sour bitter dad who has not gotten any sleep since tuesday, get over it clown and stop spending your food stamps on beer.
I do realize that most of you have never won anything in your life and just when you thought you had it, BOOM! you are back in reality.

ruhigh? said:

who was aj soto at nv? there's a kid named RJ, Aj?. i saw nv play a lot of games this year and everyone that actually knows the game and this team would say robert rodriguez and marc andrade were easily their two best pitchers all season. those two kids were two of the valley's best.

langaro said:

Sports Fan;

Amats Wrestling Team won CIF back in Feb of this yr. SGV going for quatro (4) !!!

sports fan said:

Not to take ANYTHING away from Charter Oak, but Wilson won a CIF volleyball championship over Brentwood, I believe as well. Maybe Amat will make it number three tonight. I am proud of all that represents our Valley well.

Aram said:

I think they did. I know we got them for free in the press box along with soda and popcorn. I had two, minus the buns. It sucked.

Go my team said:

Aram, did they sell dodoger dogs?

AMAT 73 said:

5th degree ninja,
That would have been hard to do considering last night was graduation at AMAT. Next time think twice before you pull your head out of your a_ _ to make a comment otherwise just keep it up there as far as you can.

vikingpride said:

NvFan & NvSpectator -- SHUT THE F UP. This team loses a tough, gut-wrenching game Tuesday and you want to sit on your sorry a**es and criticize -GO TO HE**.. You think every player and coach didn't think all night last night that that should have been them!! They have had pretty good luck against CO this year and it would have been one helluva fight. Quinley and Murphy are friends and these kids all know each other. Leave Murphy alone, he has done an amazing job - ask his parents and his kids. Leave these players alone - they have risen to any challenge (well -1) and kicked down every wall they faced. THEY ARE THE REAL DEAL, but mostly they are sad, devastated kids right now still rehashing a loss they cannot figure out yet.
Be proud NV, Be proud Coach Murphy!!!!!
Congrats to Charter Oak.

Max Mercy said:

NV Spectator, Northview lost because it didn't catch the ball in the last inning.

NV Spectator said:

Yeah. NV should of and could of been at that Dodger Stadium game. . . . . If Murphy would've known the pitching talent he had wasting away on the pine, the talent that got him out of no out, bases loaded innings, the talent that got his supposed "best pitchers" out of binds! . . . . . . AJ Soto . . . . . . Probably one of the best pitchers to ever suit up in a NV uniform for years to come.

5th degree ninja said:

I heard Nieto had the boys run windsprints "in the dark" last night....just in case! Yeah a player got hurt but it worked for Charter Oak and they play in a tougher division. Champion is as Champion does!

Man this is going to be fun...next up...football!

I heard the Amat football team is petitioning, errrr...I mean the CIF powers that be, are looking to drop Amat to Division 5 in football.

Baldwin Park, La Puente, Schurr, Blair, Bosco Tech, Bassett and St. John the Baptist say BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!!

whatever said:

I wonder if Coach Q will get a second chance to coach the team next year. There is rumor that there are some unhappy parents.......oh wait, they are they are trying to figure how to take thier foot out thier mouths. Winning just shuts everyone up. I love it

AMAT 73 said:

Congratulation to CO on their CIF championship. Wear your rings and raise your banner high with PRIDE. Hope we join you in bringing another championship home to THE SGV.

Anonymous said:

We have the Ring, Good Coaches and Players. Most of the team will be back again year. We were hoping to play NV and were disappointed when they lost. I will prepare myself for all the losers to attack CO. SM fans were bad they booed us when we took pregame and when they announced the player's, no class, but who cares we beat them and beat them good. It was a great game, if you don't think so,watch it on vootage.com

TOM FAN said:

Sour grapes.....C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S.

Anonymous said:

charter oak fan,
aren't you tired of playing the victim yet?

don't over do it said:

Charter Oak did do a great job, but to make Quinley seem like he's the Rev. Billy Graham is stretching it. Be careful, though Charter Oak fan, because you are starting to sound as arrogant and ignorant as Amat fan.

Dr. Phil said:

Hey I hear Coach Tom is giving FREE lawn mower rides on Sunday....he'll be serving CROW TACOS ...you bring the WHINE!!!!

TO ALL THOSE WHINY, KNOW IT ALL PARENTS WHO SLAMMED COACH Q.......YOU NEVER MATTERED AND NOW YOU ARE LOOKING AND FEELING PRETTY STUPID AREN'T YOU?

go away nvfan said:

NVfan:
nobody wants to hear from you because you are an ignorant fool. You talk all this sh** about how great Northview is and then when they choke, you rip Murphy's coaching scheme. Shut the F up. Yeah, he wins 23 games with seven underclassmen and NOW you question it because someone didn't make a couple plays in the seventh inning that stood between Northview and Dodger Stadium? I thought I bought the last of your tomatoes that you were selling off the 10 freeway offramp. So, take it and by yourself some more cerveza and go away. Nobody wants you around.

AMAT FAN said:

CONGRATS CO WAY TO REPRESENT THE SGV!

NVfan said:

bada bing bada boom, hey bon bon you dont own anyone yet, you will be dreaming about Eddie for a few nights, wannabe Div1
NV against CO? NV has more talent, but the problem is they don't swing their bats, they bunt

eating crow said:

As much as I am not a fan of Quinley or certain parts of the program.....errrrrr parents, you have to congratulate both the coaches and players....the bottom line is "SCOREBOARD," and you guys have it. Congrats. Nobody can ever take that championship away from you.

bada bing bada boom said:

yah bishop amat baseball would own charter oak

CBaseball said:

Congrats to Tom, Chuck, Derek and the whole team of CO. This team was on a mission in this playoff and no one was going to stop them. I also agree that Northview would have played a more exciting and competitve game.

SGVCongratstoQuin said:

Aram,
You're right. That game should've been NV vs. C. Oak. As a fan of the valley, what a disappointment it was watching Santa Monica play today rather than a helluva team Northview. The matchup between C. Oak and NV would've been a special one with all the things inside the game. The coaches know each other well, the players grew up knowing each other, and so on...I saw these two teams play each other in a Thanksgiving Tournament and Scrimmage back in Feb. against each other. I personally think one of the two (black and gold school) is better, but tonight is C. Oak's night, so congrats to C. Oak.

NVfan said:

great job CO, this team is a reflection of the coaches. they play sound baseball, they hit doubles, steal, play defense, pitch, and they bunt when they have to. good job at putting SM away.
Where are all the negative CO parents, are they getting drunk, hiding under the bed wishing their kids play for Tom.

Aram did you hug tom Tom?

Langaro said:

Congrats to Charter Oak !!!!

2007 seems to be a good year for teams that wear the Blue & Gold !!! Amat Wrestling CIF Champs, CO Baseball CIF Champs & Hopefully Amat Baseball ???

Covinabaseballfan said:

Just got home from my son's game - missed all the action, although Tiffany's mom called me right after they had won. Could hardly hear her on my cell - everyone in the background was going crazy! Hey, Aram, your prediction of the final score was almost right on. It was nice to read the play-by-play, even after the fact. Great job Charter Oak players and coaches! Totally awesome experience. CONGRATULATIONS!!

Mike said:

The Oaker's are for sure the team tonight....

Something they will remember FOREVER!

Aram you are correct we will save our culinary and female experiences for another thread!

WAY TO GO CHARTER OAK!!........YOU THE BASEBALL TEAM!

Out!

Mike the Clone

Aram said:

Ahh man, I love those taquitos. About the girl, I've made a habit of scoring way above my head. But this night isn't about me, it's about CO BASEBALL. Wow, what a team. Really, these guys do everything right. The defense tonight was solid, the hitting was aggressive and fundamental and the pitching wasn't dominant but it was effective. Awesome team. FIRST CIF CHAMP IN A TEAM SPORT THIS YEAR FOR AN SGV TEAM!

Mike said:

Dude your out of control....and I'm sure Katie remembers that too right?(Lmao)

As I have always said "You are the man"

Aram if your still over at the revine, stroll down (well actually drive down) to "Celito Lindo" down on Alvera Street for some Taquito's ......man those suckers are awesome.

You crack me up!

Late!

Mike the Clone

bluorca said:

SGV AND CHARGER PRIDE!!!

Charter Oak goes Defcon 1 on Santa Monica! HAHA!!!

Great Job Chargers!!! Congratulations on your CIF CHAMPIONSHIP!!!

Aram said:

Mike The Clone,

Vin Scully's daughter Katie is the first girl I ever kissed. Yep, it's true. Look it up, Yosemite/Sierra Summer Camp 1986.

Joe Amat said:

Great job CO! Way to represent the SGV! I hope that we hold up our end of the bargain tommorow.

Aram thanks for the updates.

sgvbaseballfan said:

how happy is CO right now!!!!!!!!!! well congrats but all know that Co wanted to play SM instead of NV but that is neither here nor there. Congrats to CO

Mike said:

Ah yes...Vincent "ARAM" Tolegian Scully.....yeah I kinda like that......

Way to go C.O.!

Very Cool!

Good Night Now San Mo!

Mike the Clone!

Fan said:

Congratulations Charter Oak! Way to represent the Valley!! It was cool to get the play by play action.

Bill Buffington said:

Congratulations to the entire Charter Oak Baseball Team and coaching staff for bringing home a CIF Championship. A special tip of my hat goes to Matt W., Matt A., Jake, Danny, J.C. and Keith.


Coach Bill

Conq Alum said:

Congrats to the CO boys on their win. Nothing like playing for a championship, and getting to do it in a big time venue.


Memories that will last forever...


CO Bro said:

WAY TO GO CO! Congrats to all the players and staff.

CO Bro said:

r u freaking kidding me! CO is on the verge of winning a CIF title and ur crying about a game played 2-3 weeks ago! Dude ur anal.

Anonymous said:

chater oak does not deserve to be in that game
they couldn't even beat los altos

CO Bro said:

Git-R-Done CO!

Anonymous said:

who cares how you got in

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